BANGKOK -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government is pressing the world's democracies to support its battle with the military regime to take control of the country’s U.N. seat.
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The United Nations headquarters in New York and protesters in Yangon: Myanmar's military junta is battling the opposition for international recognition. (Source photos by Getty Images)
BANGKOK -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government is pressing the world's democracies to support its battle with the military regime to take control of the country’s U.N. seat.